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Skeleton bobsled, or cresta or tobogganing, was an Olympic sport in the 1948 Games, but not again until when?

posted Apr 14, 2021 by Udita

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James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, declared himself King and was crowned in Chard and in Taunton in 1685................

posted Apr 14, 2021 by Vishal

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What was the name of the German troops that were sent to assist General Franco in the Spanish Civil War?

posted Apr 13, 2021 by Anshika Utadi

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When was the first aircraft brought down by another in the course of World War I?

posted Apr 12, 2021 by Riteshwar

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Who was known in the 1991 Gulf War as "Stormin' Norman"?

posted Apr 9, 2021 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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In 1469, the crowns of the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon were united by the marriage of Isabella and Ferdinand.........

posted Apr 8, 2021 by Sandeep Otari

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In the 6th century BC, where was the empire of Cyrus the Great?

posted Apr 7, 2021 by Pardeep Kohli

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What was the name of the English law court, subsequently abolished in 1641, that had a mandate from Henry VII...........

posted Apr 7, 2021 by Ujjwal Mehra

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The Unasur Constitutive Treaty, signed on 23 May 2008 in Brasília, Brazil, founded what international body?

posted Apr 6, 2021 by Sidharth Malhotra

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In the late 1800s, the steam powered Bell-Coleman machine was fitted to ships to provide what?

posted Apr 6, 2021 by Amarvansh

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At the 1956 Olympic Games, an extremely violent semi-final match in what sport was played between Hungary and Russia?

posted Apr 3, 2021 by Karan Joglekar

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Who was mayor of New York at the time of the attacks on the World Trade Centre in 2001?

posted Apr 2, 2021 by Aarati Mahajan

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Who, in Formula One, between 2006 and 2010, was the youngest Formula One driver to: drive at a Grand Prix meeting.......

posted Apr 2, 2021 by Nikita Sehgal

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Which country became independent from the United Kingdom on 14 August 1947, and became a republic in 1956?

posted Apr 2, 2021 by Pushpak Chauhan

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Who, after a distinguished cricketing career, in his last test match innings was bowled out for a duck by Eric Hollies?

posted Apr 2, 2021 by Anuradha Tabyal

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In February 2009, 38 year old Eluana Englaro, at Lecco, North of Milan was newsworthy for doing what since January 1992?

posted Apr 1, 2021 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Early in November 2010, the Pope made a speech in which he relaxed the church's rules on what?

posted Mar 31, 2021 by Prachi Sharma

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What began when Bohemia revolted against the Habsburgs in 1618?

posted Mar 30, 2021 by Nimish

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Canaletto is famous for his 18th century paintings of which city?

posted Mar 30, 2021 by Vishal

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Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of the assassination of whom?

posted Mar 30, 2021 by Atif

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On October 24, 1901, 63-year-old Michigan school teacher Annie Edson Taylor was first person to go where in a barrel ?

posted Mar 26, 2021 by Anil Chaurasiya

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Who is described as the first president of the USA?

posted Mar 26, 2021 by Balwinder

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When the UK and France joined the Crimean War in 1854 who was their opponent?

posted Mar 25, 2021 by Riteshwar

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In early 2008, Yang Yun, an artistic gymnast who won two bronze medals at the 2000 Olympics, admitted...................

posted Mar 25, 2021 by Kapil Kapoor

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Which English King was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?

posted Mar 25, 2021 by Rajni

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In what Chinese dynasty is gunpowder thought to have been invented?

posted Mar 23, 2021 by Sandeep Otari

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Before 1945, what was the city of Gdansk called?

posted Mar 23, 2021 by Ankur Athari

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Why was Formula One's 1975 Grand Prix round in Spain stopped permanently mid race?

posted Mar 23, 2021 by Upma

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For which Olympic Games was the longest torch relay in Olympic history to that date held?

posted Mar 23, 2021 by Nikhil Pandey

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In which country, in 1984, did its Prime Minister bar nuclear-powered or nuclear-armed ships from using.................

posted Mar 22, 2021 by Pardeep Kohli

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What was the former name of Iran?

posted Mar 22, 2021 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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Who was the last English king from the House of Normandy, succeeded by Henry II in 1154, the first of the Plantagenets?

posted Mar 18, 2021 by Saif Khanam

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Idi Amin, dictator in Uganda from 1951 to 1960, was a champion in his country in what sport?

posted Mar 17, 2021 by Aastha Joshi

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What nationality was the merchant brigantine "Mary Celeste" when she was found deserted and floating off Azores in 1872?

posted Mar 16, 2021 by Nikita Sehgal

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At which Winter Olympics was artificial snow first used?

posted Mar 16, 2021 by Pushpak Chauhan

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John F Kennedy's father Joe was US ambassador to which country?

posted Mar 15, 2021 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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What role, first established in May 1947 with the appointment of Walter Winterbottom, was filled in 2008................

posted Mar 15, 2021 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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Which is a German astronomer who assigned most of the brighter stars their first systematic names in 1603...............

posted Mar 15, 2021 by Divya Bharti

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Which country held its bicentennial celebrations in 1976?

posted Mar 15, 2021 by Rahul Vaidya

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What caused 12,000 deaths in 4 days in London in 1952?

posted Mar 11, 2021 by Swati Arora

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What was the name of NASA spacecraft that were metallised balloon satellites acting as a passive reflector..............

posted Mar 11, 2021 by Dilbagh

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When Russia became a communist state in 1918 with Lenin as dictator, who was his foreign secretary?

posted Mar 10, 2021 by Udita

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Why did Captain Cook throw 6 of his 10 cannon into the sea at Great Barrier Reef, off the Australian coast in 1770?

posted Mar 9, 2021 by Anil Chaurasiya

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Peruvian Lina Medina, aged 5, made history in 1939 as the youngest person to do what?

posted Mar 9, 2021 by Anshika Utadi

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When did London first host an Olympic Games?

posted Mar 9, 2021 by Deepak Chitragar

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What title was held by Edward VIII after his abdication?

posted Mar 9, 2021 by Balwinder

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In December 2009, Massimo Tartaglia attacked Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with what?

posted Mar 8, 2021 by Anamika

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George Washington became president of the USA in which century?

posted Mar 5, 2021 by Prithvi

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The first flag for the USA had how many stars on it?

posted Mar 5, 2021 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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What weapon used in the middle ages had cord of a bow fixed in a notch and an iron bolt released from it by a trigger?

posted Mar 4, 2021 by Sandeep Otari